jade.content
Class ContentManager

java.lang.Object
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  +--jade.content.ContentManager

public class ContentManager

extends java.lang.Object

implements Serializable

The content manager associated with an agent.

Author:

Federico Bergenti

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ContentManager()

Method Summary

AbsContentElement	extractAbsContent(ACLMessage msg) Extracts an abstract descriptor of the content from a message.
ContentElement	extractContent(ACLMessage msg) Retrieves the content of a message as a concrete object.
void	fillContent(ACLMessage msg, AbsContentElement content) Fills the content of a message.
void	fillContent(ACLMessage msg, ContentElement content) Fills the content of a message.
void	registerLanguage(Codec c) Registers a codec c.
void	registerLanguage(Codec c, java.lang.String name) Registers a language, i.e., a codec c plus a name.
void	registerOntology(Ontology o) Registers an ontology.
void	registerOntology(Ontology o, java.lang.String name) Registers an ontology with a given name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ContentManager

public ContentManager()

Method Detail

registerLanguage

public void registerLanguage(Codec c)

Registers a codec c.

Parameters:

c - the codec.

registerLanguage

public void registerLanguage(Codec c,
                             java.lang.String name)

Registers a language, i.e., a codec c plus a name.

Parameters:

c - the codec.

name - the name.

registerOntology

public void registerOntology(Ontology o)

Registers an ontology.

Parameters:

o - the ontology.

registerOntology

public void registerOntology(Ontology o,
                             java.lang.String name)

Registers an ontology with a given name.

Parameters:

o - the ontology.

name - the name.

fillContent

public void fillContent(ACLMessage msg,
                        AbsContentElement content)
                 throws Codec.CodecException,
                        OntologyException

Fills the content of a message.

Parameters:

msg - the message

content - the content.

Throws:

CodecException -

OntologyException -

extractAbsContent

public AbsContentElement extractAbsContent(ACLMessage msg)
                                    throws Codec.CodecException,
                                           OntologyException

Extracts an abstract descriptor of the content from a message.

Parameters:

msg - the message

Returns:

the content as an abstract descriptor.

Throws:

CodecException -

OntologyException -

See Also:

jade.content.Ontology

fillContent

public void fillContent(ACLMessage msg,
                        ContentElement content)
                 throws Codec.CodecException,
                        OntologyException

Fills the content of a message.

Parameters:

msg - the message

content - the content.

Throws:

CodecException -

OntologyException -

extractContent

public ContentElement extractContent(ACLMessage msg)
                              throws Codec.CodecException,
                                     OntologyException

Retrieves the content of a message as a concrete object.

Parameters:

msg - the message

Returns:

the content.

Throws:

CodecException -

OntologyException -

See Also:

jade.content.Ontology